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nyvt expositor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jane 27, 1890
General Middleton Resigns.
The announcement comes by cable
from London, England, that General
Middleton has sent in Ms resignation as
Commander a the Forces in Canada.
Considering the rather uns&vory circum-
stances which have been connected with
his actions in the Northwest rebellion,
as admitted by himself, it is only sur-
prising that he did not adopt such a
course long ere this. It is pleasing to
know that the General has atlast awak-
ened to some sense of the disgrace he
hasbrought upon himself, and that the
proper step has now been taken to rid the
country of an official who has proved
himself so exceedingly unworthy of the
high position he was called upon to fill.
ea
A Party Policy.
"The Nova Scotia Ontario and Que-
bec elections all teach the same lesson—
the futility Of attempting to overthrow
a strong and popular administration,
having on its side all the advantages
which accrue from actual possession of
power and patronage, unless by an Op-
position which is well organized and has
a clear, definite and attractive alterna-
tive policy. The fatal weakness of the
Dominion Oppesition for many years
past has been the want of such a
policy."
The foregoing is an extract from the
Toronto Week, a publication of high
literary merit, independent in polities,
with Conservative leanings. When a
text is chosen for a platform or pulpit
discourse it is invariably taken because
of some fundamental truth which it may
embrace or plainly set forth. On the
contrary we have chosen the quotation
above, because of the fallacy involved
and for its misleading character and
mischievous teaching. It has been a
string in the Conservative bow, unceas-
ingly harped upon for years, that the
Liberal Party in Dominion politics had
no policy; and not a few independent
Liberal papers, including our good
friend Grip, have played occasionally
upon the same string, only qualifying
the term somewhat by such terms as
clearly defined," " attractive," or
"popular." We object to the statement
that the Dominion Opposition has for
years been in want of a policy, and re-
sent the imputation as Misleading and
unjust. The quotation above, in its
last clause, implies two things; first,
that the Dominion Opposition has had
no attractive policy, and secondly, that
the Ministerial Party has had such a
policy. This brings us to the question,
what constitutes a popular and attrac-
tive party policy,and what are the essen-
tial principles to such a policy? The
plain inference to be gathered froni such
utterancea as those taken from the Week
is,that the Opposition in 1878 had in the
N. P. a popular and attractive policy,
and with that policy they overthrew a
popular administration. On that basis
we may set up the plea, that any cry, no
matter how unsound in principle,
or delusive in pretext, which may
be made to attract public atten-
tion and fascinate and capture
human credulity, will fill the bill, as the
saying goes, and meet all the require-
ments. That the N. P. was a fallacy
and a delusion in its main features, has
been amply demonstrated during the
twelve years that it has been in opera-
tion ; yet with all that, it is dignified
with the recognition of such journals as
the Week and many other publications
of high character, as an attractive and
popular -party policy. Much as we are
disinclined to accept P. T. Barnum's
alctum, "that mankind is always better
satisfied when it is being successfully
humbugged," when such authorities as
those named will persist in chiming for
the National policy, that it is all essen-
tial because it has succeeded as a party
measure, We must bow in unwilling
obedience to a more experienced judg-
ment and deplore the condition. That
the Liberal party in Dominion polities
has been in want of a policy so hollow
in its pretences, so delusitie in its claims
and so unsatisfactory in its results is a
matter of congratulation:
But the Dominion Opposition have not
been without a policy all these years
since they were driven from power by a
popular and attractive delusion.. They
have never been without a broad, liberal
and well defined policy, promising the
greater good to the greatest number;
reform in all the departments of legisla-
tion; retrenchment in public expendi-
ture; honesty and economy in every de-
partment of administration, and special
privileges to none. So effective was the
Opposition policy, indeed, pressed and
advocated as it was by the Hon. Edward
Blake, that it is very doubtful, if in a
fair field, the N. P. would have carried
its party back to power at the end of
five years. At all events the ministry,
entrenched as it was behind thetreasury
benches, were afraid to risk it, and the
Gerrymander Act, one of the most un-
righteous of political measures, had
to be brought into operation as
a safe -guard. Again, it is doubtful;
if, at the end of the seoond five years
term the same policy, aided by the
gerrymander, would have succeeded
against the Liberal policy an4 the
force behind it had the Dominion Fran-
chise, a still more iniquitous measure,
not been brought into requisition.
When the past record of the Present
Ottawa Ministry is dispassionately
reviewed and all the measuresand means
taken into account, which- they were
compelled to resort to, to hold their en-
trenchments and save their stronghold
from overthrow, who can, with an
honest unbiased conviction, say that the
opposition has eevr shown'a false weak-
ness, or that they were ever in want of
a strong, broad,liberal and well defined
policy, much lee can it be said of the
Dominion opposition now. And with
their present policy, backed as it is by
the overtowering and overpowering in-
tellectual andmoral strength of a united
party, we are sadly out in our reckon-
ing if it does not require more than a
popular and attractive policy of hollow.
pretences and unfulfilled promises,
an unrighteous gerrymander, and an in.
iquitous franchise, all combined; to pre-
vail against it at the coming Dominion
contest a few months hence.
• The Tariff Outlook.
There is no single question exciting so
lively an interest in the Canadian mind
at the present time as the McKinley
tariff bill. Not only are the Canadian
politicians, but as well the great mass of
Canadian farmers, merchants, tradas,
etc., watching with a , keen interest
every move at Washington in connec-
tion with this proposed new tariff regu-
lation. The Globe of Friday last gave
the gist of the bill with the proposed
amendments thereto as reported by the
finance committee to the Senate at Wash-
ington. From the standpoint of Cana-
dian interests the outlook at that junc-
ture a ssumed a serious aspect. There
seemed scarcely a doubt at that time
but the bill as reported would pass and
become law, and the prospect looked
gloomy indeed for the Canadian farmer.
'But a brighter outlook has dawned since
that date, and there seems at present a
possibility that the measure may yet he
defeated, or at least delayed in its pas-
sage for an indefinite period. The New
York Sun, a well•informed journal on
all matters of legislation? in develop-
ment or prospective, contained a Wash-
ington despatch in its Friday issue an-
nouncing a "radical and important
eh ange" in the fortunes of the McKinle-y
Bill, by pointing to its rejection by the
Senate in the interests of broader • and
legislation. The Presi-
dent has sent a message to Congress ac-
companied by a letter from Mr; Blaine,
Secretary of State, reeommending, as an
amendment to the new tariff bill, that
the Chief Executive be authorised to de-
clare all the ports of the United States
free to all American states or provinces,
whenever and so long as such provinces
would admit free to their ports the pro-
ducts of ,the United States. Here was a
direct offer of what the Liberal Party of
this country have been for two yearse
and are still,contendingfor—unrestricted
reeiprocity. And this it must be re-
membered comes from the President
himself, endorsed or suggested by his
secretary, whose coming to office, the
Conservative press of this 'country de-
clared, put the chances of better and
closer trade relations between Canada
and the United States beyond hope of
realization during their official term.
Senator Hale, of Maine, a neighbor and
intimate friend of Mr. Blaine, has
already given notice that he will move
the suggested amendment at an early
day. And what then? In the language
of Tweed, what are our Ottawa authori-
ties going to do about it ? Will they
still cling to their idol the N. P. and
continue to talk about the dominant
political party to the south of is being
opposed to closer trade relations; or will
they accept the proffered terms and em-
brace the opportunity of breaking loose
from -the power of the combinesters, and
act once for the well-being of the whole
Dominion, and no longer in the iptereste
j.of the few at the expense of the many?
THE HDROINT EXPOSITOR, -
JUNE 27, 1896
is preparing temporary hospitals for the
British troops. The instant a case of
cholera is known it will be removed and
the barracks will be deserted.In
France iron disinfecting chambers have
beeu beut to ell custom houses, and all
goods coming from Spain are submitted
to heat in order to kill the microbes.
ROBBED.—The paymaster of the
Mexican Central Railway was robbed of
$8,000 between the City of Mexico and
Vera Cruz a few days ago.
POPULATION CENTRES.—The popula-
tion of Boston is estimated at $417,720 ;
of Louisville, Kentucky, 180,000 ; of
Philadelphia, 1,040,449; of Chicago,
1,250,000; and of New York city,
1,800,000.
THE CANADIAN BEATE—Th e Scul-
ling race between W. J. O'Connor, the
Canadian oarsman, and Stansbury, the
Australian, took place Monday on the
Paramatta river, Australia, and was won
by Stansbury. •
TERRIFIC CYCLONE. —4 terrible cy•
clone passed through Illinois on Friday,
causing great destruction of property
and much loss of life. In the town of
Earlville a school -house was wrecked
and a teacher and seven of her pupils
were killed.
SHARP GIRLS.—Fifty robberies are
:tad at the door of two girls at Lowell,
Massachusetts.
YALE THE CHAMPION.—Yale defeated
Princeton in the base ball championship
•series by a wore of 6 to 5.
RAIN DELUGE. —Atchison, Kansas,
and neighborhood, has been deluged by
ram, washing away culverts and bridges
and bursting water mains.
FATAL STORM. —An electric storm, ac-
companied by wind and rain swept over
Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday night,
and several people were killed and in-
jured.
A DENTAL LADY GRADUATE. —M iS8
Annie Felton Reynolds, the first female
graduate of the Boston Dental College,
has received her aheepskin.
News of the Week.
COTTON FACTORY.—A cotton factory
has been established in Constantinople.
TOOK THE OATH OF PEERAGE. —The
Dake of Clarence, the son of the Prince
of Wales, took his seat in the House of
Lords as a Peer on Monday.
ICE SHIPMENTS.—Large shipments of
ice from Chicago to New York are now
being made over the Michigan Central
Railway.
SUNDAY BALL PLAYERS. —All the
players of the Brooklyn and Rochester
baseball clubs were arrested in Elmira,
New York, Monday, for Sunday ball
playing.
DEADLY DISEASE. — Reports from
Belize say that a mysterious disease,
akin to yellow fever,is carrying off many
people in British Honduras.
THE CHOLERA SCOURGE.—The Madrid
Medical Commission Thursday reported
85 cases of Cholera at Pueblo de Rugat
and 42 at Senares. The editor of the
London Lancet says the present out-
break may fairly be regarded as "local_
cholera," or "cholera nostra," rather
than cholera newly imported from Asia,
but the history of the disease in Spain
is essentially that of true Asiatic chol-
era. At Cairo, the sanitary department
IN KENTUCKY IT IS GAMBLING.—The -
Court of Appeels at Louisville,- Ken-
tucky, has rendered a decision • which
makes all bucket -shop dealing gambling.
The court holds that option dealing is
gambling, within the meaning of the
Kentucky statute.
No PANIC.—A fire broke out Monday
in the workshop of the King's county,
New York, penitentiary, and, notwith-
standing that there were 405 prisoners;
of whom twenty were women, at work
at the time, a panic was averted and
there was no loss of, life.
LIBERAL—Samuel Welsh, who died a
few days ago in _Philadelphia, left to the
Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in Philadelphia $25,000 ; to the
Pennsylvania Hospital, $50,000 ; to the
Trustees of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, $50,000.
HOME AGAIN.—TheDuke and Duchess
of Connaught landed at Liverpool last
Sunday morning and proceeded to Wind-
sor. The Queen, Princess Beatrice and
Prince Henry of Battenberg, the Prince
and Princess of Wales, the 'Duke of
Cambridge and the children of the Duke
and Duchess of Connaught were at. the
station to greet the travellers, and there
was a general embracing. A family
dinner was given at the castle in the
evening.
Huron Notes.
—Mr. W. McLean, of Gederich, the
well-known cattle buyer, who has been
laid up for some time past with a very
severe attack of rheumatism, is able to
be out again.
—There is a movement on foot in
Goderich to have a summer carnival in
that, town under the auspices of the
Board of Trade, about the latter part of
July.
—Mr. Wm. Hooper, who was killed
at Wellington Street croesing, London,
on Tuesday of last week, by being run
over by a train, was a former resident of
Exeter. • I'
—A fine brood mare belonging to Mr.
Thos. Pennington,of Goderich township,
died one deer last week of colic. Mr.
Pennington purchased her early in the
spring and paid $150 for her.
—On Friday, June 13, a young son of
Mrs. Morton, of Goderich, had one of
his ears torn by a dog. The wound was
dressed by a doctor, and is ateadily
healing. -
—Mr. Dan Wilson,of the Sauble Line,
near Bayfield, has rented his large farm
for a term of ten years, at a rental of
$450 a year, and intends moving into
Bayfield as soon as he can make the
necessary arrangements.
—Mr. James Turnbull, of Clinton Col-
legiate Inetitute, has been requested, by
the Minister of Education, to act as one
of the Provincial Examiners this year.
Mr. Turnbull performed the duties last
year.
—Over 9,000 pounds of cheese was
sold last week by the Morris & Grey
cheese factory to Mr. Hodginee of Lon-
don. The price paid was 82 cents per
pound. This factory has a good stand-
ing and is justly entitled to it.
. —Rev. R. Y. Thompson son-in-law
of Deputy -Reeve Scott, of Hulled, is re-
commended to the choir of apologetics
and Old Testament literature, in
Knox college, • Toronto, at a salary of
$2,500. He well deserves this appoint-
ment and is admirably qualified for it.
—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaw, God-
erich, left there on Monday of last week
for the old country. They intend visit-
ing Scotland, and then proceed to the
Devonshire coast, where a stay of sev-
eral months will be made, returning
home about this time next year.
—A man has been going through Hul-
lett for a few weeks past, wanting to
purchase a farm. He has stopped with
several respectable farmers. One night
lately he took some 18 or 20 dollars out
of the pocket of one of the proprietors
at whose place he stopped and then left.
—Mr. Wm. Atkinson, in the, employ
ment of Mr. Jas Dignan, blacksmith, of
Exeter, met with an accident a few days
ago. He was welding a piece of iron
when the tongs turned in his hand and
the iron collided with his face, giving
him a severe burn over the left eye.
—A little boy named Joe Hodgson, of
Winghaiti, met with a painful accident
on Monday morning of laat week. He
was playing with another boy who had
an open knife in his hand, and accident-
ly the knife cut into Joe's wrist, making
a bad gash. A few stitches had to be
put in.
—On Thursday of last week various
jobs of gravelling between Jamestown
and Walton were let by Reeves Mooney
and Milne as follows :—Edward Ward
received a $30 job north of the churches,
Walton, at 32 ciente per yard; Wm.
Denbow, $145, south of Brussels, at 28
cents per yard ; Thomas McLaughlin,
$75, north of Brussels, at 41 cents ; Jas.
Bishop, $50, opposite concession • 5 and
6, Grey, at 49 cents. The above men-
tioned contracts- supplemented by the
road work should make a big improve-
ment on the road north and south of
Brussels.
—Mr. Jas.- McAlpine, of the Union
Factory, Wingham, got his -clothing
caught id the machinery, one day last
week, and came very near being serious-
ly injured. Fortunately the machinery
was stopped and Mr. McAlpine escaped
with a bad shaking, which will keep him
off work for a few days.
—Mr. James Churchill, of Goderich
township, who went out to Manitoba in
the spring, has returned, and concluded
to remain in Ontario for the present.
He had work part :!of the time he was
away, but found it Very difficult to get
work, and as prospects did not look
any too bright, he concluded to come
home.
—A little son of Mr. Robert Biggard,
of Clinton, met with a severe and pain-
ful -accident on Monday afternoon of
last week. Be was running along the
street, when he tripped on a loose
board, and fell, a large sliver catching
him just at the knee cap and tearing
the flesh clean through to the bone.
The wound was so bad that it had to be
sewed up.
—George Harvey,from Atwood, Perth
county, and who has been attending the
HighSchool atPoderich,was accidentally
drowned last Monday evening in that
town while bathing at .the mouth of
the river. With others he went in
bathing and took cramps, and before as-
sistance could be rendered he sank. The
body was recovere& shortly afterwards
by Captain Babb's life-saving crew. De-
ceased was a very promising young man.
—A citizen of Clinton, who attended
London meeting of the Hindoo contin-
gent of the Salvation Army last week,
has agreed to pay the passage out of
six missionaries to India,and their living
expenses for one year. This really
means a donation of nearly $1,000. We
have no doubt but that as he gets the
reports from this distant field of invest
ment he' will be satiafied with the result.
—We have this week to mention the
death of one of the most estimable young
ladies of Stephen township, at the early
age of 23 years. The person referred to
is Miss Emma, daughter of Mr. Samuel
Sanders, 2nd concession of Stephen.
About two years ago she contracted a
severe cold and consumption set in, and al-
though the best medical aid was secured
nothing could save her life and she died
on Thursday 12th inst.
—Mr. James Dignan, of Exeter, who
has been confined to his house through_
pleurisy, owned a dog which was great-
ly attached to him. He was always
read i in the morning to accompany his
owner to his work and to return ; but
from the time Mr. Dignan took sick
and was confined to his room, the dog
refused to enter the house or take any
food, from the effects of which it died
the other day.
—As Mr. and Mrs. John Dundas, of
the 12th concession, of McKillop, were
on their way to Seaforth, one day last
week, with a little daughter, who is ill,
their horse became, unmanageable and
turned quickly on the road, upset-
ting the buggy and throwing the
occupants violently out. Mr. Dundee
had his collar bone fractured •and Mrs.
Dunda,s.had her face Tiously cut. The
little girl was fortunat ely unhurt.
—Mrs. Jacob Earner, who has been
ill with consumption for some time past,
died at her home in Brussels on Tuesday
of last week, at the early age of 27
years, 8 months and 24 days. The de-
ceased was a Miss Sharpin, of Howick
township, and was married to her now
bereft partner about two and a half years
ago. She was only confined to her bed
for about a week. A little daughter not
yet two years of age is left motherless.
turned to Canada, and has since lived
with his daughter in Hullett. Usually
a man of strong constitution, he enjoyed
good health, until recent years, when he
became infirm. He was one of the early
Methodists of Goderich township, and
many an earned missionary of the cross
has enjoyed his hospitality. Latterly
he was a member at Alma appointment.
In politics he was a staunch Reformer.
He was a whole-souled, jovial Irishman,
respected even by political opponents,
and esteemed as a neighbor and friend.
His three sons are in the United States,
and the four daughters living are Mrs.
Blackwell, Manitoba-; Mrs. T. Nichol-
son, Aubnrn ; Mrs. 0-. Andrews, Lamb -
ton county, and Mrs. G. Ds.le,
The remains were interred in Clinton
cemetery on the following Wednesday.
—Mr. M. C. Cameron, - of Goderich,
has been the lessee for 15 years of the
right to fish in Sharpe's creek, Colborne.
On the 10th of this month two Clinton-
ians thought to enjoy a day's outing and
fishing. Mr. Morrish, the owner of the
farm through which the creek passes,
says that he cautioned them against
fishing there, and warned them off the
premises. They persisted, according to
the story, in going on with their "fish,"
and with difficulty Mr. Morrish com-
pelled them to desist. A couple of
hours afterwards Mr. Cameron went out
to fish, and caught one of them diligent-
ly at work. Mr. Cameron has brought
an action against these parties, and
claims an injunction to compel them to
respect the rights of others. We are
incline& to think that the persons in
question will find this rather an expen-
sive way of amusing themselves.
Notes on Parry Sound District.
To the Editor of Tun EXPOSITOR :
DEAR SIR,—To the inhabitants of
Western Ontario generally the name
Parry Sound is not familiar, for in speak-
ing of that portion of country lying to
the east of the Georgian Bay the name
Muskoka is more commonly applied to
it. But it must not be forgotten thet
Parry Sound is a district much larger
than Muskoka, consisting at present of
three Crown Land Agencies, including
some. 31 townships. All the best land
in the district is now located, but as, the
majority of the settlers have 200 acres,
and some three and four hundred acres,
consequently the settlements are some
distance apart, and the inhabitants are
few. Anyone wishing to have a view of
the country has sufficient opportunity of
so doing without much difficulty.
—An accident occurred in Blyth on
Tuesday evening of last week, by which
Donald Calet was almost instantly kill-
ed. Nobody knows exactly how it hap-
pened. He was seen going towards
Mason's hotel sheds in which he had
his team, and in about five minutes af-
terwards the team came out running
away and he was found a few minutes
later lying unconscious with his skull
fractured. Drink is said to have • had
something to do with it.
—Mr. J. 11. Northcott, baker, Exeter,
had the misfortune to meet with a pain-
ful accident one day last week. He
was out delivering bread and called at
Mr. Frank Anderson where he picked
up a rifle which was loecled, and go-
ing - outside, fired it off. He
loaded it again and apparently left the
trigger up, his hand also being over the
muzzle of the rifle, when by a slight jar,
the weapon went off, the ball passing
ehrough one of Mr. Northcott's fingers
and badly injuring his hand.
The horse races at Walton carne off on
Friday, 12th inst,-as announced. In
the open run Beattie Brothers' two horses
took 1st and 2nd prizes, end Watson
Ainley's bay 3rd. There were six
horses entered. The old man's race re-
sulted in Wm. McKay taking firat place
with P. McEwen and George Cooper,
second and third, respectively. A
matched 100 yard foot race between R.
Beattie and Wm. Carter was, won by
the foimer. An open dash between
Beattie's gray and Ainaley'a horse was
run but the latter bolted and lost the
money.
—E. E. Wade, barrister and family,of
Brussels, have removed to Owen Sound,
where they purpose making their home
in future. Mr. Wade has been a resi-
dent of Brussels for the past ten years,
and was recognized as one of the beet
lawyers in Huren county. He was the
President of the Reform Association of
the East Riding of Huron for a number
of -years and took a very • active
part in the parliamentary election con-
tests in this constituency. He is a ready,
trenchant debater and a hard hitter,
when the circumstances of the case de-
mand it.Mr. Wade was also a member
of the Public School Board, and took an
active interest in the Cricket Club in
that town.
—We have this week to mention the
death of one of the early settlers of this
county in the person of Mr. James
Sheppard, who died at the residence of
his son-in-law'Mr. George Dale, second
concession of Hullett, on Monday, 16th
inst. He was one of those hardy
pioneers who helped to make this coun-
try what it is. Born in Tipperary, Ire-
land, he came Out to this country when
quite young, and after working for a
short time in Goderich, he settled on
the 9th concession of Goderich township,
the entire locality then being a dense
forest. He remained there until nine
years- ago, when his sons, havingemoved
to Iowa, he went there also buying a
farm andresiding there for about four
years, where his wife died. He then re•
leather. No less than 90,000 hides were
shipped from Montreal to England a
fortnight ago. All kinds of leather are
affected by the rise. Th el advance in
leather is from 5 to 15 per icent., while
that in inspected hides es about 40 per
cent. Shoemakers who have booked
large orders at the very low figures stand
to lose pretty considerably unless they
have laid in a large stock of leather.
Perth Items.
A two days meeting on the Listowel
race track has been fixed for the 8th and
9th of July.
—Stratford musical association asks
the council for $300 in maintenance of
the brass band.
—Mr. George Balfour, recently of
itehell, is appointed to a circuit at
Port Elgin for the incoming conference
year.
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—A game of base ball will be played
in Fullerton on the first of July between
the Diamonds, of that place, and the
Carlingford nine.
—Mr. A. Burritt, of Mitchell, attend-
ed the session of the Grand Lodge of
Good Templars of Ontario which met at
G -alt this week.
—Crops on the heavy flat soils ha this
county have been stunted and drowned
out by the frequent heavy rains, but on
rolling lands they look well.
—The district volunteers went into
camp at McPherson Heights, Stratford,
on Tuesday last week. They were
greatly incommoded by the heavy rains.
—The old Zion Methodist church on
the Huron Road, near Mitchell, has
been torn down. A new brick is to be
erected by the first of October on the
same spot.
—Misses A. E. and S. E. Marty,
daughters of Mr. Marty, of Mitchell,and
both High School teachers, have taken
first class honors, professional grade A.,
at the Toronto University examinations.
—R. L. Lilico, of Listowel, who was
tried at the •late court of Quarter
Sessions, on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretences, was honorably
acquitted.
—St. Marys announces a base ball
tournament for Dominion Day, when
three handsome prizes will be given as
follows $40; 2nd, $25; 3rd, $15.
The tournament is open to amateur clubs.
—At the Kinkora pie-nie on Dominion
Day there will be a lively contest
for a china dinner set, between Miss
Mary Jane Writt, of Logan, and Miss
Bridget Hishon, of Ellice.
At the children's choral, in Stratford,
the other evening, 1,200 children raised
their voices in sweetest song. They
were trained by the indefatigable and
paineteking Mr. Freeland.
—Dr. Murray, who has been in charge
of Dr, Wood's practice in Mitchell, dur-
ing the absence of that gentleman in
New York, goes to Alabama shortly,
where a good station awaits him.'
—Mr. Truax, preacher at Carlingford,
is about to leave that circuit where he
has spent two years of very acceptable
ministerial service. He intends taking
a course at Montreal Theological College
previous to ordination.
—Mr. Duncan Menish, for years a
faithful employe of the Grand Trunk
Railway, at Stratford, died recently at
Portland, Maine, to which place he had
been removed in the service of the com-
pany.
—Mr. Geo. W. Franks, of Mitchell,
for a number of years in the employ of
Mr. MeClay, died after a very short ill-
ness. He was buried on Tuesday last
week by the Independent Order of
Foresters, with the usual ceremonies.
—The other day in Mitchell, ,a little
boy named Jordan, fell while fixing a
swing and was crushed beneath it—hia
thigh bone being badly broken, and on
Tuesday evening, little Hattie, Weight
fell out of a hammock and brieke her
collar bone.
—On account of the failing health of
his wife, and being located in an un-
wholesome residence, the Rev. Mr.
Swan is obliged to lease the Monckton
circuit, on which he preaches at two ap-
pointments in Logan. It is said he in-
tends to move to Auburn,Huron county.
Montchef, of Macedonia, at
present a student at Toronto, preached
on Sunday morning 15th inst., in the
First Presbyterian church, St. Marys,
and in the evening in Knox church.
Althaugh there was a slight foreign
accent in his voice, his sermon was earn-
est and eloquent.
—Mr. Geo. Malcolm, of the Mitchell
High school, has accepted a position in
the Stratford Collegiate Institute, as
assistant English master'at a salary of
$900 a year, and Mr. W. Taylor, of
Tilsonburg, is taking the mathematieal
mastership in the same institution at
$1000 a year.
—St. Marys athletic teams have lost
their hold. They lost three matches
within one week lately, The senior
baeeball club was beaten by Galt on
the 7th and by Woodstock on the 10th.
The junior lacrosse team " Alerts " were
also beaten by the Ingersoll boys on the
10th inst.
•
—Charles Oliver, yonngest son of D.
Oliver, Fullerton, being now a full, -
fledged M. D., left homb a couple of
weeks ago intending to hang out his
shingle in the county of Essex. Having
been a successful school teacher in that
county some years ago, it is expected
that he will now make his mark as a
medico.
—J. A. McVannel, Blanshard ; Miss
A. Lindsay, St. Marys; A. Beattie,
Kirkton; T. Bell, Avonton ; G. Moore,
Kirkton; W. J. Knox and R. H. Knox,
St. Marys; A. J. Tufts, Kirkton, all
passed successfully the late University
examinations in Toronto. R. S. Hamil-
ton, Motherwell, ebtained degree of B.
A., with second class honors in the nat-
ural sciences.
—About seven and a half years ago
Mr. Wm. Ryan, a Mitchell cooper, com-
menced a suit against the late Mr. Jos.
Kidd, of Dublin, to recover the sum of
$700 for. services rendered. The case
was carried from court to court, but a
short time before Mr. _Kidd's failure,
three years ago, a final judgment was
given in favor of Mr. Ryan for full
amount of claim with interest and cost.
At the time Mr. Kidd made the assign-
ment he had only paid a part of the
amount of the judgment into court and
the assignee, Mr. Clarkson, set up the
claim that the courts and Mr. Ryan
must accept 25 cents on the dollar the
same as other creditors. The case again
came up before the Court of Appeal, and
a decision was rendered in favor of Mr.
Ryan. Mr, Clarkson asked leave to ap-
peal to the Supreme Court which was
granted. The case was argued several
months ago before the Supreme Court,
but judgment was not given until Thurs-
day 12th inst. The appeal was dismiss-
ed with costs, and the assignee will have
Leaving Gravenhurst by the North
and Northwestern Railway, and getting
off at any of the principal stations before
reaching North Bay, one has the privi-
lege of visiting the most important
places in the district by means of stage
lines. Or any one favoring a water
route may take the boat at Muskoka
wharf about a mile from Gravenhurst
and proceed up Muskoka Lake as far as
Rosseitu, and thence by stage to the
town ofeParry Sound, Maganetewau, on
a river of the same name, Or to otber
inland points.
Anyone accustomed to a level
country will, upon entering Muskoka or
Parry Sound, think it exceedingly
rough and rugged, but in time what ap-
peared at firat to be mountains soon
vanish into mole -hills.
To a lover of theiromantic the place is
highly picteresque. On a beautiful day
from the leehest of the hill -tops can be
seen mile k iter mile of woodlend stretch-
ing out before you in all direetione, and
the smaller hills and the vales are indi-
cated by the rise and fall oi the forest
and by the small clearings which appear
here and there. It is a matter of great
ease for a stranger to wander some miles
out of his way on account of the great
number of foot -paths and thnber-roads
that branch off from the main road, but
to completely lose one's self is not now
very customary, for unless one is very
easily discouraged, to follow a well -
beaten track for half an hour will gener-
ally bring you to a clearing where you
can get information. The district is
surveyed into blocks of 1000 acres. The
public roads as yet are not nearly all
opened, Only such roads being opened as
are necessary for the settlers to reach
the nearest villages, Connecting some
of the more important places are con-
structed what are known as governrdent
roads, which are generally good. The
difficulties to contend with in the con-
struction of roads are the marshes, hills
and rocks. To overcome these difficul-
ties the roads are in many cases built
around these places, hence the highways
deviate from their appointed course in
many places. To a foreigner accustomed
to driving 9 or 10 miles an hour it is
quite a novelty for him to start on a
journey of the same distance in a cart
drawn by a yoke of swaggering oxen
over stags and. roots, crossways and
rocks, and above all through mud holes
partly filled with poles, and some old
veteran freely applying the whip and
allowing torrents of whoa -back -gee -
haws to escape upon the dumb -animals
already frantic with black flies and
mosquitos.
The woods coni ist chiefly of pine,
birch, tamarack, pruce, balsam, maple
and hemlock. A1 pine trees are re-
served by the Cron, but settlers have,
the privilege of cutting and using such
pines as they require for building and
fencing purposes. The Crown in clear-
ing the land of the pine, generally allots
to any one wishing to buena tract known
as a "timber limit, 'the owners of which
employ men during the winter to cut
and haul the logs to the mills. Birch is
quite abundant, and is much used for
making furniture. The maple is small,
and sugartrneking is indulged in by
most of the people. . There is quite an
industry in the cutting and shipping of
the spruce for pulp -wood. It is cut
into four foot lengths and sells at from ,
$2.50 to $2.75 a cord. It is exported
and used for making p4per. Quite
large trapts of the woods have at one
time been burnt, and now large areas of
dead trees are standing with a very
thick growth of underwood springing
up. Generally speaking the land is not
difficult to clear, more especially when
the pines are taken away'. Many of the
settlers profit by their own knowledge
and experience in diaposing of the forest.
It may be said that many of them have
passed from the first stage of pioneer
life into a second stage of such existence.
More again. ETTRICK.
—A rise in the price- of boots and
shoes in anticipated. The principal
cause is the immense sale lately to
United States buyers of hides. They
ran short there, and came to Canada
and bought large quantities of hides.
The English buyers have also been there
and made very large purchases of
to pay the full amount of claim and
costa. Mr. John Idington, of Stratford,
fought the matter through for Mr.Ryan.
The judgment, costs, &a, in the mat-
ter will reach nearly $5,600.—Mitehell
Recorder.
—In the case of Ford vs. Laing, which
was tried at Stratford last week, -a ver-
dict for plaintiff of $72 was obtained.
Chas. Ford, of Mitchell, sued Alex,
Laing, of the same place to obtain value
of a colt belonging to Ford, which was
sold by Laing for the rent owed him by
another person on whose' land the colt
was pasturing.
—J. McCutcheon, St. Marys, while
working on the street alongside Knox
Church, hung his vest on the church
gate post. Upon examining the vest
pocket about three o'clock his watch
and chain were there, but before five
o'clock they were both gone. It was e
most daring theft, as the men were work-
ing only a few feet off. The matter WW1
at once placed in Chief Mitchell's hands,
but as yet the thief has not beenlocated.
—The anniversary in connection with
the Presbyterian Sabbath School at
Kirkton held on Sunday and Monday,
15th and 16th bests., was a decided suc-
cess throughout. Large crowds attend-
ed the morning and evening services
when profitable discourses were given by
the Rev. A.Stewart,of Clinton. On Mon-
day the usual picnic was held in Mr.
Wiseman's bush when the assembly were
treated to pointed and pleasant address-
es by the Revds. Messrs. Stewart, Ken-
ner and Scott. The occasion was im-
proved by a game of baseball between
Kirkton and Anderson the former suf- •
fering a defeat by a score of 5 to 12.
The Milk Question.
iTo.nthe Editor of Tag Hylton EIXOSITOR :
L .LJEAR SIR,—As the elections are over
and every one is anxious to ket over the
hard times as easily as they did the
elections, and as cattle are the most
profitable of farm productions at the
present time, and milk is the easiest
converted into money of any of the re-
sources of the farm, this is the season of
the year for the farmer to see to his
cows. To make a cow profitable this
season and next, one dollar's worth of
chop, if fed to a cow during the past wet
spell when the grass was soft, will in-
crease her profit $10 during this season
and help to bring her in earlier next
spring. A cow in good condition is
likely to' be earlier in calf than a poor
anima'. This season's milk is slow cora-
ing in o the cheese factory on account
of the .ateness of cows dropping their
calves. It is the same old story for the
past si‘zteen years, and yet farmers will
not reform; they talk reform, but
neglect to act. There is some object in
sending milk, to a cheese factory because
everything is sold off the farm with the
milk, and yet these same farmers will
sell all their oats and leave their cattle
spring poor, and sell three-year-old
steers at from $30 to $35 apiece, which
is the average price of about half the
three-year-old steers sold in the county,
while they might as well have had
double the price and saved the trouble
of teaming away oats and other grain.
1,500 lbs. of cheese at 9 ctie a lhwould
be $135, and would cost about $8 to ship
to England, while a steer 1,500 lbs.
worth $75 will cost $30 to ship to Eng-
land, and a farmer could produce 1,500
lbs. of cheese cheaper than the 1,500 lb.
steer. Winthrop has as good a factory,
and everything in connection therewith,
as there is in Western Ontario, and if
farmers would only double the quantity
of milk sent to it the Company could
afford to make a cent a pound less for
the cheese, and that would be a cent
gailon more to farmers for milk, which
would be equal to one-sixth or one-
seventh more money in the season.
Now is the time to prepare for a larger
milk production next season.
Another important thing for farmers
to know is, that a hog over 100 pounds
in weight costs two per cent. of its
weight every day to keep it in the same
condition, and only the amount of addi-
tional feed over that will increase its
weight; so, if a pig can be made fit for
market in six months it will be cheaper
than feeding it six years or any term
shorter, and pork is worth about one
dollar a hundred pounds more from now
to November, than from that to April,
on an average for the last six years.
If the farmers think my theories are
not correct, let about fifty in MeKillop
pteosetk'ethtse.m this season. Tbey will find to
their surprise it will put money in their
Youra truly,
(No. C. Monitesoet.
The Mennonites in Manitoba.
A correspondent of the Chicago In-
terior gives the following description of
the Mennonites in Manitoba:
"This peculiar people are followers
of Simon Menno, who was born in 1,496,
and who died in Holstein in 1561. In
the year 1780, after many wenderings
and bitter persecutions in Germany,
they accepted the invitation of Cath-
erine II. to settle in Southern Russia.
The Russian Government gave them
lands free from taxation for twenty
years, with exemption from military
service and freedom to worship God ac-
cording to their own convictions. They
were also provided with lumber for
their houses and money and implements
of agriculture to aid in commencing life
in the land of,their adoption. For pro-
tection against robbers and for schools
and churches, they settled in villagesiu
their descendants still de in the Canadian
Northwest. The favors granted them
by Catherine were continuedseightysfive
years. Then by a cruel edict they were
required either to aubmit to military
service or leave the Russian empire.
They determined to leave. Five yeara
were granted them in which to sell their
lands and clear out, bag and baggage.
In that time a great many Mennonites
emigrated, some to the United States,
others to Canada. On July 23,1871
Henry Wiebe and Jacob Peters secured
a grant of a reserve in Manitoba from
the Dominion Government at Ottawa,.
The area of this reserve is forty-eight .
miles by eighteen, the finest wheatlands
in Manitoba. In 1875 the coloniets-
came from " Rushland," and settled
upon it. In that year they had ten
villages. This year (1890) they occupy,
fifty villages west of the Red Riven
They number 6,000 souls. To help:
them emigrate and settle, the Dominion
Government loaned them $100,000 for
ten years at sb per cent. This large
amount was all repaid in 1889. The
Rev. C. Pochlman, a German brother
from Schleswig-Holatein, in Europe, ar:a
more recently from Mount Forest, in
Ontario, is at present engaged inn-
gelistic work among these Mennonites
in Manitoba."
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